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About John Lewis

Baptism: Familysearch.com, Baptisms - Graaff-Reinet. -- I. 1822-1826. -- II. 1822-1827. -- III. 1826-1829. -- IV. 1827-1829. -- V. 1829

Witness at the baptisms of the children of John Lewis and Martha Catharina Schoeman:
1. John, born 12 July 1854, baptized Burgersdorp (Dutch Reformed church), 20 March 1856: Johannes Cornelis Henricus vd Hever and Christina Adriana van Zyl
2. Stephanus Jacobus, born 17 July 1855, baptized Burgersdorp (Dutch Reformed church), 20 March 1856: Gideon Rudolf Lewis and Anna Catharina Lewis
3. Marthina Margaretha Stoffelina, born 30 March 1857, baptized Colesberg (Dutch Reformed church), 31 August 1857: Andries Johannes Swanepoel, Martha Jacomina Maria Duvenage, Willem Abram van Zyl en Susanna de Wet

Witnesses at the baptisms of the children of John Lewis and Elsje Gouw:
4. Aletta Geertruyda, born 25 April 1859; baptized Burgersdorp (Dutch Reformed church), 12 August 1859: Willem Abraham van Zyl, Sara Susanna de Wet, Willem Rudolph Lewis and Anna Catharina Lewis
5. Gerrit Johannes, born 6 July 1860, baptized Middelburg, 22 December 1860
6. Jan Johannes, born 28 January 1862, baptized Smithfield, 27 April 1862

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John Lewis's Timeline

1827
May 21, 1827
Graaff-Reinet district, Cape Colony, South Africa
1828
March 9, 1828
Nederduitsch Gereformeerde Kerk, Colesberg, Bo-Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa
1854
July 12, 1854
1855
July 17, 1855
1857
March 30, 1857
August 31, 1857
1859
April 25, 1859
1860
July 6, 1860